wheeze
wheeze
vinkuna
Synonyymisanakirja
wheeze
hengittäminen, hengitys, respiraatio, vinkuminen, korina, pihinä, suunnitelma, strategia, toimintasuunnitelma, temppu, hengittää, henkäistä, respiroida, vinkua, hengittää pihisten, pihistä.
Englannin sanakirja
wheeze (englanti > suomi)
wheeze englanniksi
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
2011 "http://www.economist.com/node/21538807 Road rage; High petrol prices hurt, but will not throttle the economy", The Economist 19 November 2011:
The new comedy is a wheeze.
You think youre going to win? That's a real wheeze!''
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
2001, w:Joyce Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates, w:Middle Age: A Romance|Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 443)